Local History and Genealogy Reference books that we have in our family history library, organized by Dewey Decimal Number. I would be happy to do a quick look up for you; please just comment below to get in touch!
The list below includes physical materials in my personal collection. Some of the digital resources that I use can be found on my Digital Library page.
Local History Collection
| Call number & Year | Author(s) | Title | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 362.730973 CO
2006 |
Concordia Lutheran Ministries | The Concordia Story, 1881-2006 | Pittsburgh Region (Penn.) – History |
| 373.77328 GK
1974 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1975 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1976 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 373.77328 GK
1977 |
Genoa-Kingston High School | Reflections | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Yearbooks |
| 929.107207731 DU
2005 |
DuMelle, Grace | Finding your Chicago Ancestors | Chicago (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 929.20973 CO
1975 |
Colket, Meredith B. | Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3 VI
1976 |
Virkus, Frederick A., ed. | Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.341 BU
1978 |
Burke, Bernard | The roll of Battle Abbey | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 BA
1976 |
Banks, Charles Edward | The English ancestry and homes of the Pilgrim Fathers | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 HO
1974 |
Holmes, Frank R. | Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.374 RO
1989 |
Roser, Susan | Mayflower Increasings for three generations | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 CR
1930 |
Crawford, Mary Caroline | Famous Families of Massachusetts (Vol. 2) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 ES
1918 |
Essex Institute | Gravestone inscriptions and records of tomb burials in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass., 1918 | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 OT
1979 |
Otis, Amos | Genealogical notes of Barnstable Families (Vol. 1, A-H) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 PO
1977 |
Pope, Charles Henry | Pioneers of Massachusetts: a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches, and other contemporaneous documents | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 RO
1990 |
Roser, Susan E. | Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Bowman | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.3744 WA
1978 |
Wakefield, Robert S. and Charles T. Libby | Plymouth Colony Marriages to 1650, by Robert S. Wakefield, and Mary Chilton’s title to celebrity, by Charles T. Libby (published together) | New England – Genealogy |
| 929.375665 LI
1992 |
Linn, Jo White | Surry County, North Carolina, Wills 1771-1827 | Surry County (N.C.) – Genealogy |
| 929.3773 IL
1986 |
Illinois State Genealogical Society | Prairie Pioneers of Illinois, vol. 1 | Illinois – Genealogy |
| 929.3773 IL
1999-2017 |
Illinois State Genealogical Society | Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly (Vol. 31-38, 43-49) | Illinois – Genealogy |
| 929.377324 LO
1978 |
Lombard Suburban Genealogical Society | Genealogical Sources: DuPage County, Illinois | DuPage County (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 929.5 DO
1993 |
Doss, Juanita | Gone but not forgotten: Veterans buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill. | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Genealogy |
| 973.524 PE
1999 |
Pearson, Gardner W. | Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the War of 1812-’14 | Massachusetts – History |
| 974.402 BA
1975 |
Banks, Charles Edward | The Planters of the Commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times | New England – History |
| 974.482 FI
1985 |
Fiore, Jordan D., ed. | Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims of Plymouth | New England – History |
| 974.482 GA
1900 |
Garrett, Edmund H. | The Pilgrim Shore | New England – History |
| 974.482 HI
1936 & 1941 |
Hills, Leon Clark | The Mayflower Planters at Plymouth, Mass. 1620 and other newcomers to Ye Olde Colonie (Cape Cod series, vols. I and II) | New England – History |
| 974.482 NO
1925 |
Noyes, Ethel J.R.C | The Women of the Mayflower and Women of Plymouth Colony | New England – History |
| 974.482 SH
1955 |
Shaw, Hubert Kinney | Families of the Pilgrims (1620) | New England – History |
| 974.482 ST
1976 |
Stoddard, Francis R. | The Truth about the Pilgrims | New England – History |
| 974.69 HI
1968 |
Hinman, R.R. | Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut… | New England – History |
| 974.69 MA
1990 |
Majdalany, Jeanne | The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700 | New England – History |
| 977.323 AT
1966 |
Directory Service Company | Farm and Ranch Directory of Kane County, Illinois | Kane County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1892 |
D.W. Ensign & Co. | Plat book of De Kalb County, Illinois : drawn and compiled from personal observations, actual surveys and county records | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1871 |
Thompson and Everts | Combination atlas map of DeKalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1929 |
Thrift Press | Atlas and plat book of De Kalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1947 |
True Republican | DeKalb County Farm Atlas and Business Guide | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 AT
1965 |
Rockford Map Publishers | Three year atlas and plat book, DeKalb County, Illinois: 1963, 1964, 1965 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – Maps |
| 977.328 BA
1939 |
Bar Docket for DeKalb County, Illinois Circuit Court for February Term of 1939 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 DE
2017- |
DeKalb County Historical – Genealogical Society | Cornsilk, 2017 – (Vol. 36, Issue 3 – current) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 DE
1988 |
DeKalb County Magazine, July 1988 (Vol. 1, Issue 3) and August 1988 (Vol. 1, Issue 4) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 GK
1976 |
Genoa-Kingston Bicentennial Commission | Genoa-Kingston bicentennial history and program | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 HI
2004 |
Higgins, Jo Fredell | DeKalb (Images of America) | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 HO
1919 |
An honor roll : containing a pictorial record of the gallant and courageous men from DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.A., who served in the Great War, 1917–1918–1919 | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History | |
| 977.328 KE
1876 |
Kett, Henry F. | The Voters and Tax-Payers of DeKalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328 TO
2006 |
Townsend, Lucy and Marcia G. Wilson | Rural Schools Journeys: A Legacy of Learning, Histories of the One-room Schools in Dekalb County, Illinois | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History |
| 977.328025 DE
2009 |
DeKalb County Historical Resources Guide | De Kalb County (Ill.) – History – Sources | |
| 977.337 BU
1994 |
Bureau County Genealogical Society | The Complete Name Index to The Voters and Taxpayers of Bureau County, Illinois 1877 | Bureau County (Ill.) – History – Sources |
| 977.849300431 OW
1989? |
Owens, Robert et. al. | Here We Speak Low German = Hier snackt wi Plattdütsch | Benton County (Mo.) – History |
| 977.849300431 TR
1996 |
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation – A Centennial History 1896 – 1996 | Benton County (Mo.) – History |
General Reference Collection
| Call number & Year | Author(s) | Title | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 020.72 CL
2016 |
Clark, Rhonda L. and Nicole Wedemeyer Miller | Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers | Libraries – Special Collections – Genealogy |
| 771.46 TA
2001 |
Taylor, Maureen A. | Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Organize, Present, and Restore Your Precious Family Images | Photographs – Conservation and restoration |
| 808.066929 PO
1995 |
Polking, Kirk | Writing Family Histories and Memoirs | Genealogy – Authorship |
| 808.066929 ST
2014 |
Stratton, Penelope L. and Henry B. Hoff | Guide to Genealogical Writing: How to Write and Publish Your Family History | Genealogy – Authorship |
| 929.1 AL
2011 |
Allen, Desmond Walls | Family History Detective: a Step-by-Step Guide to Investigating your Family Tree | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1 EL
2018 |
Elder, Diana and Nicole Dyer | Research Like a Pro: a Genealogist’s Guide | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1 QU
2013 |
Quillen, W. Daniel | Mastering Immigration & Naturalization Records, 2nd ed. | Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
| 929.1072 FL
2004 |
Fleming, Ann C. | Organized Family Historian: How to File, Manage, and Protect your Genealogical Research and Heirlooms | Genealogy – Organization systems |
| 929.1072041 MI
2000 |
Milner, Paul | Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering your English Ancestors | Genealogy – England |
| 929.108931 BR
1995 |
Brandt, Edward R. et. al. | Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns | Genealogy – Germany |
| 929.3485 CL
2004 |
Clemensson, Per | Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook | Genealogy – Sweden |
Regarding “Rural Schools Journeys: A Legacy of Learning, Histories of the One-room Schools in Dekalb County, Illinois”. Can you tell me whether it has any photos of the Browne (or Brown) school in Milan township, DeKalb county? It was original Milan Township District #1 and later changed to #80 and eventually closed in 1952. A similar book about DeKalb county rural schools provided a few details about the Browne school but did not contain photos of that particular school.
I do have an aerial photo from 1939 but it’s what you would expect. 😦
thank you
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Hi Michael! There is some information about Brown School in that book, but no photo. Have you tried contacting the Joiner History Room in Sycamore? They have a lot of photos of area schools. Many of the photos were included in the book, but perhaps they’ve acquired a photo of it on the time since the book was published.
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